Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Berlin School of Library and Information Science

Sessions and Material

Next Session: 

Gender and Technology: Perspectives and Pitfalls

Katrin Fritsch

 

Fig.: Maricia Mende

 

We are very happy to announce that Session 4 of the Data Feminism workshop on February 25th will feature Katrin Fritsch. The title of her talk is :

Gender and Technology: Perspectives and Pitfalls

"What's the relationship between gender and technology? Which promises are made on behalf of gender, and which particular issues occur? In this session, we'll look into the history of technology and gender, and will put a particular focus on the social construction of tech. By identifying narration and imagination as important tools to shape technology, we will then develop our own feminist futures of the technologies we want to see."

 

In order to prepare for Session 4, we are asking that all participants finish the book Data Feminism. 

The Zoom link will be sent out via email 24 hours before each session. 

 

 

 

To register for the workshop, please contact Maricia Mende (she/her) at maricia.mende@hu-berlin.de.

 

Data Feminism Workshop - sessions and reading schedule

 

Data Feminism Session 1
Bild zum Announcement Data Feminism Workshop
Fig.: Maricia Mende

Here you find the reading schedule for the semester. All are from the book "Data Feminism" by Catherine D'Ignazio und Lauren F. Klein. The book is available Open Access here: https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/

  • 19.11.2020, 6pm - 7:30pm - Session 1: Introduction & Chapter 1
  • 17.12.2020, 6pm - 7:30pm - Session 2: Chapters 2 & 3, Feminist Data Manifest-No
  • 21.01.2021, 6pm - 7:30pm - Session 3: Chapters 4, 5 & 6
  • 25.02.2021, 6pm - 7:30pm - Session 4: Chapter 7 & Conclusion

 

Code of Coduct for this workshop.

 

We are also working on an open Zotero Group.

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2605933/feministinfosciberlin

Happy reading!

 

 

Previous Sessions:

Data Feminism Session 1
Fig.: Maricia Mende

 

Session 3 (January 21rst 2021) 

Session 3 of the Data Feminism workshop on January 21rst featured Dr. Nicole Shephard. The title of Dr. Shephard's talk was:

Race in Germany: are we counting what counts?

"Data on race and ethnicity is difficult to come by in Germany, for good reasons. What does that do to anti-racism work? An interactive discussion around "colour blindness", proxies, and their side effects for feminist data practices."

 

 

 

Fig.: Maricia Mende

 

Session 2 (December 17th 2020) 

Session 2 of the Data Feminism workshop on December 17th featured Prof. Patricia Garcia, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan School of Information. The title of Prof. Garcia’s talk was:

No: Critical Refusal as Feminist Data Practice

"Harmful data practices produce and perpetuate structural inequities that are compounded by the intersections of one’s identities. This talk mobilizes “critical refusal” as an organizing principle for examining interlocking struggles across data contexts and practices."

 Feminist Data Manifest-No

 

Data Feminism Session 1
Fig.: Maricia Mende

 

 

Session 1 (November 19th 2020)

Introduction to Data Feminism with the Introduction, chapter 1 and the 7 Principles of the book Data Feminism.

We talked about the  Code of Coduct for this workshop.